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It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law. Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected. Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.
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The state is like the human body. Not all of its functions are dignified.
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Imitation lies at the root of most human actions. A respectable person is one who conforms to custom. People are called good when they do as others do.
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It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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Born:
April 16, 1844
Died:
October 12, 1924
(aged 80)
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